Well over a year before its string of death and derailment, Metro North was subjected to the first Federal Rail Safety Act whistleblower jury trial in the nation, Barati v Metro North. During that trial, cross examination of the Heads of Metro North’s Safety, Training, and Track Departments exposed the disconnect between the Railroad’s
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ALERT: FRSA Trumps Railroad Attendance Policy Discipline!
By Charlie Goetsch on
Posted in Federal Rail Safety Act
It’s official: railroad employees who follow their treating doctor’s orders not to work cannot be disciplined for those absences, even if the absence is due to an off-duty medical condition. Why? Because Bala v. PATH now is the law of the land, having just been affirmed in full by the highest appeals tribunal in…